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Historical Event on 1/3/1966

Chetan Jagatram Manohar Sharma, cricketer (Indian Test pace bowler, World Cup hat-trick 1987), was born in Ludhiana.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/22/1877Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, great painter, philosopher, linguist, critic, art researcher in the East, was born at Colombo in Sri Lanka.
9/9/1999Mahesh Bhupathi and Ai Sugiyama won the mixed doubles title in the U.S. Open.
8/27/1978Lord Mountbatten died in an explosion near Ireland.
5/5/1955Indian parliament accept Hindu divorce.
6/22/198219 persons were killed and 25 injured when an Air India Boeing 707 from Singapore via Madras crashed at Bombay.
11/29/1996The Indian Journal of Medical Research brought out special issues, as part of the 85th year celebrations of ICMR, on Nutrition Research (November 1995) and Diarrhoeal Diseases (July, 1996). The ICMR Bulletin also brought out special issues on such topics as Nutrition, Tuberculosis, AIDS, Tribal Health, etc. so as to coincide with the theme selected for a particular month as part of the celebrations. As part of the global theme initiative coordinated by JAMA, USA, the January 1996 issue of the ICMR was devoted to 'Emerging and Re-emerging Infections'.
4/30/1998Anna Hazare, social worker, was awarded the CARE International humanitarian award for 1998.
4/30/1998Alauddin Khalji conquered the throne of Delhi. In July declared himself as the Sultan.
3/12/1992The four-member break-away group of Telugu Desam recognised by Lok Sabha speaker.
10/1/1949'Marathi Rangbhumi' , a drama company, established.